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Charged With Child Neglect

Your family is unique. But sometimes people don’t understand your family culture. Families are complicated and often there are misunderstandings and false accusations from not having all the facts. When Human Services gets involved, they often make inaccurate judgements. That’s why you need an experienced attorney to protect your children, as well as your parental rights if you are charged with child neglect.

You need to know what you are up against and how to best defend against it the neglect charges. These legal proceedings can be very complicated and stressful. Mr. Iyer can explain it all to you and plan your legal strategy. Sometimes if you are charged with child neglect, your children may be taken away by Human Services and placed in foster care. This can end up being a very damaging and painful situation for your children and you. Hiring an attorney as soon as possible is very important to you and your children. Do not leave yourself and your family unprotected. In Colorado, the child welfare laws require that police and other law enforcement officials as well as many different types of professionals, like teachers and child care workers, must report suspicions (however slight) of child abuse or child neglect.

Attorney Iyer can help you understand this difficult situation and provide you with options for your case. He is from the Iyer Law Office and handles dependency and neglect cases. He offers you expert advice and legal representation as you go through this devastating and frightening experience.The people in this positions are called “mandatory reporters.” That means that if they fail to report suspicions of child abuse or neglect, they can be criminally prosecuted, fined, or jailed. They may also lose their jobs and professional licenses. So with the fear of these serious consequences and frequently lacking information, mandatory reporters can often be overzealous in their reporting. Though they may mean well, they often cause severe family damage. After a report is filed with your county department of human services, they will investigate the allegations of child abuse or child neglect. After the investigation is complete, if they think the allegations are true, the county department of human services will file a petition of dependency and neglect in juvenile district court, usually where your children live, or where the allegations of child abuse or neglect occurred.Mr. Iyer can give you the best legal advice on what you should do.

If you are charged with child neglect, it is very important that you contact an attorney as soon as possible. You need an attorney like Iyer to fight for your rights, the sooner, the better. Attorney Vee Iyer has the knowledge and expertise to defend you. A child neglect charge could take away your children. Don’t let that happen. Do everything you can to protect your family.